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Gov Zulum fires 2 commissioners, appoints new officials

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has announced the sack of two commissioners in the state and the replacement of the two key officials.
A statement from his spokesperson on Thursday, also announced the appointment of a new head for the state’s Secondary Education Board.
According to the statement, the outgoing officials were thanked for their service, with the governor extending his best wishes for their future engagements.
The affected commissioners are those for Environment, Engr. Emat Kois, and Intergovernmental and Special Duties, Tukur Ibrahim. They will be succeeded by Engr. Mohammed Habib and Ibrahim Hala Hassan.
In a separate move, Professor Yusuf Gana Balami has been appointed Executive Chairman of the Borno State Secondary Education Board.
Balami, a professor of Educational Psychology from Hawul in southern Borno, has decades of experience in both academia and administration.
His career spans service at the Borno State Ministry of Education between 1984 and 1988, followed by academic advancement at the University of Maiduguri, where he rose to the rank of professor in 2014. He is also a member of multiple professional bodies and has contributed extensively to academic publications.
Governor Zulum congratulated the new education board chairman, urging him to “deploy his years of experience in the education sector, both as an administrator and an academic, in reshaping the quality of secondary education in Borno.”
All appointments have been forwarded to the Borno State House of Assembly for confirmation.